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Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." ...
Apr 22, 2024
Thompson to start in goal, Stone returns for Vegas Golden Knights in Game 1 against Dallas Stars
DALLAS (AP) - Logan Thompson will be in net for the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights in Game 1 of their opening-round series against the Dallas Stars on Monday night, marking the po...
Apr 22, 2024
Hatters given a chance to pay-it-forward with the Medicine Hat Public Library
Medicine Hat Public Library members will be given the opportunity to help their fellow Hatter by buying their next library registration. When members go to renew or buy their first library card, they ...
Apr 22, 2024
'There's a mystique to it': Butterfly House opens it's doors again at Medicine Hat's Windmill Greenhouse
It's not everyday you go to buy some posies and you get yelled at by a goat. But as spring flowers blossom and summer starts to bloom, Windmill Greenhouse owner Amy Van Dam said that it's something sh...
Apr 22, 2024
Consciousness a 'realistic possibility' in birds, fish, squid and bees, scholars say
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Biologists, cognitive scientists and philosophers across the globe say there is a reasonable possibility the vast majority of creatures on Earth are sentient in some way. The New Yo...
Apr 22, 2024
Wrong body returned from Cuba to Quebec family after father dies on vacation
MONTREAL - A Montreal-area woman is asking Canadian authorities to help locate her father's body in Cuba after a devastating mix-up that saw her family receive a stranger's remains instead. Miriam Jar...
Apr 22, 2024
Report: 17 million Canadians consider themselves fans of women's sports
TORONTO - A new report shows that two in three Canadians between the ages of 13 and 65 consider themselves to be fans of women's sports. The report titled "It's Time: Unlocking the Power of Pro Women'...
Apr 22, 2024
Quebec Health Department reports 28 cases of eye damage linked to solar eclipse
MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department says it has received 28 reports of eye damage related to the April 8 total solar eclipse that passed over southern parts of the province. The 28 cases reported as...
Apr 22, 2024
Review of UN agency helping Palestinian refugees found Israel did not express concern about staff
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees found that Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has received ...
Apr 22, 2024
Simcoe County Rovers looks to play David against Toronto FC's Goliath in cup game
Doneil Henry has plenty to cheer about Wednesday when Toronto FC hosts Simcoe County Rovers FC in Canadian Championship play. Henry was the first Toronto FC academy player to graduate to the first tea...
Apr 22, 2024